Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

132 East 10th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 132 East 10th Avenue is National Film Society of Canadian, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists two people here: S Edmund Burritt, proprietor of Burritt Bros; and Oscar C Burritt, a carpet layer at Burritt Bros.

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2
people the 1940 directory lists here
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • S E Burrittmarked *p. 197
  • National Film Society of Canadianp. 197

The household

  • S Edmund Burrittproprietor of Burritt Bros · householderp. 82

Also under the Burritt name

  • Oscar C Burritta carpet layer at Burritt Bros · lives herep. 82

East 10th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

The lines for 132 East 10th Avenue in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 132 East 10th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 100 block of East 10th Avenue stands from before 1946: three doors along, 154 has a building from 1949.

The 100 block in 1940

East 10th Avenue between Quebec and Main Streets, Mount Pleasant: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

East 10th Avenue, the 100 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

The 100 block of East 10th Avenue

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132 East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/132-east-10th-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.